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J. 'B. POWELL.

v UMBRELLA GATGH AND RUNNER. No. 288,486. g PatentdfNov. 13, 1883.

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JOHN B. POWELL, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO a AWILLIAlVLA. DBOWN, or SAME rLAon.

UMBRELLA CATCH AND RUNNER.

" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,486, datedNovember 13, 1883.

Application filQdJunB 7,1883. o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN B. POWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella Catches and. Runners; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact de- Fig. 5 is a transverse section of runnerand stick. Fig. 6 is a perspective of catch.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved catch forumbrella-runners which will dispense with cutting the stick for itsattachment thereto, and which for its operation will require the samemanipulation as an ordinary umbrella-catch.

My improvements consist in the peculiar construction ,of thespring-catch, hereinafter described, and of the sleeve or runner used inconjunction therewith, as well as in the combination of said catch andrunner with each other and with the umbrella-stick.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates an umbrella-stick,and B a runner designed and adapted to slide thereon for the purpose ofopening and closing the umbrella. 'Said runner consists of a tubularsleeve, 1), and a notch, G, to which latter the ends of the stretchersare to. be secured in the usual or any suitable manner.

The sleeve b has on one side a longitudinal groove or channel, 22,forming a passage-way for the catch hereinafter described, and the notchG has an opening, 0, registering with said groove and forming anentrance or opening thereto; Flaring projections b b, consisting ofparts of the sleeve'b, projecting beyond the notch 0, form guides to theopenings in the latter. i

D represents a metal collar or ring secured to the umbrella-stick A,near the upper end thereof, and in such position that the catch ofhereinafter described, with the runner when the umbrella is opened. Saidring or collar is fastened to the stick by pins (Z d, driven into thelatter, or in any suitable and. equivalent der, 6 against which thelower edge of the while the other end of said head has ashoul-i sleeveimpinges when the runner is slid over the stick, the upper edge of saidsleeve then meeting the collar D, and the projections b b then extendingover said collar. The tendency of the spring 6 is to fly outwardly atits free end; but it is restrained by a pin, f, having a head, f,passing through an opening, 6 and into the stick A, and this pin alsopre= vents lateral'motion of said catch, and keeps the latter alignedwith the opening in the notch and groove in the slide.

The operation is substantially as follows: To open the umbrella andcause it to be retained opened, the runner is merely slid up the stickuntil its ascension is arrested by the collar D.

By this time the catch E has passed into the notch-opening c and throughthe groove 11 until its head projects beyond the lower edge of thesleeve 1). The catch then springs outwardly, and the'shoulder e preventsthe runner fromsliding down the stick. To close the umbrella, thespring-catch is depressed toward the stick by thumb-pressure onits head,and the runner then drawn over and away from it. To retain the umbrellaclosed, any suitable or convenient catch may be employedfor example, onelike the upper catch tion of the runner to effect opening and clos- I007 50 which it forms the base will duly engage, as

ing is exactly the same as that of the common umbrella-runner, so thatusers thereof do not require to be educated into a new method of openingand closing,,but will fall to this device naturally and intuitively. 1

It will be noted that the groove 7) does not open to the outside, and istherefore not-a slot.

It forms a closed passage-way, open only at the ends and on the innerside.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The umbrella runner B, composed of,sleeve 2) and notch C, said sleeve having a I), secured thereto by pinsd (1, spring 6, hav- 2o ing head 6, and restraining-pin f, substantiallyas shown and described.

. 4;. The combination, with umbrellarunner B, 'compri'sing'groovedsleeve 1) and notch C, with opening 0, of spring-catch E, having head 6,and secured to a collar, D, whereby when said runner is slid up on theumbrellastick it is caused to pass over the spring, and is caught andretained between the head thereof and said collar, as set forth.

" In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 5th day of June, A. D. 1883.

. 7 JOHN B. POWELL. Witnesses:

WM. H. POWELL,

ANDREW ZANE, J r.

